St. George is the Staten Island neighborhood built around the ferry. For anyone moving here from Manhattan, Brooklyn or out of state, the first thing to understand is that its two most-quoted prices describe two different kinds of home.
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St. George sits at the northeastern tip of Staten Island in ZIP 10301, around the St. George Ferry Terminal and Borough Hall. PropertyShark’s housing-stock table lists 1,411 residential properties in St. George: 366 single-family homes, 718 two-to-four family properties, 296 condo units and 31 co-op units. Roughly half the owner-occupied stock is two-to-four family housing, which is unusual for Staten Island and one reason St. George appeals to buyers who want rental income.
PropertyShark puts the St. George median sale price at $710,000 for Q2 2026, up 22.9% year over year, on only eight sales. Condos recorded a $490,000 median on four sales and houses a $755,000 median on four sales. Redfin, measuring the three months ending August 2026, puts the St. George median at $419,797, down 10.4% year over year, with a median of 50 days on market and homes selling at 98.6% of list price.
The $290,000 gap between those two figures is the most useful fact on this page. Eight sales in a quarter is a tiny sample, and the mix of condos versus houses in any given window decides the median. A relocating buyer looking at a one-bedroom condo near the ferry and a buyer looking at a two-family house on the hill are shopping in two different markets that share a ZIP code. Recent condo sales at 50 Fort Place and 350 Richmond Terrace closed between $252,500 and $440,000 from June to September 2026, according to Redfin.
The Staten Island Ferry runs 5.2 miles from St. George to Whitehall in Lower Manhattan, 24 hours a day, at no charge, according to NYC DOT. Boats leave every 15 minutes at rush hour and the crossing takes about 25 minutes. NYC DOT reports the ferry ran 96% on time in 2023. For a relocating buyer, the real commute number is door to ferry: from much of St. George that is a walk, not a bus ride, which is why condo prices nearest the terminal hold up.
Very little of it. PropertyShark counts only 4 of St. George’s 1,095 residential buildings in a flood zone and 6 in a hurricane evacuation zone. St. George is built on a hill rising from the waterfront, so the flood exposure that dominates the East Shore and South Shore barely touches it. Joseph Ranola still checks the FEMA map for every specific address before a client writes an offer, because the handful of exposed buildings sit right along the water.
A two-family house in St. George lets a relocating buyer offset the mortgage with rent from the second unit, but the financing and paperwork differ from a condo. Lenders will count a portion of projected rent toward qualifying income, the certificate of occupancy has to match the legal unit count, and any tenant in place comes with the lease. Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 7.28% for the week of October 1, 2026, up from 7.03% the week before and 6.34% a year earlier. At those rates, rent from a second unit can decide whether a purchase works at all. Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker, not an attorney or lender, and every buyer should have their own real estate lawyer review the contract and the certificate of occupancy.
Buyers moving to Staten Island hire Joseph Ranola because they usually cannot be on the Island for every showing and do not yet know which blocks walk to the ferry and which do not. Joseph Ranola previews homes, sends video walk-throughs, explains the condo-versus-house split in the local numbers and lines up the attorney, inspector and lender. One client who found a home on the Island put it this way:
“Joe listens to detail about what home or apartment you’re looking for and he’ll search till he finds it. He found me a great location and setup in Staten Island. I’m happy to see him doing his own thing.” — Billy Amendola, verified Google review
Comparing North Shore neighborhoods? Read Joseph Ranola’s guide to investment property in Randall Manor, or the Brooklyn guide for co-op and condo buyers in Clinton Hill. See the Staten Island housing market in 2026, the Staten Island realtor guide, or contact Joseph Ranola directly at (917) 905-2541.
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